NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan Shepard, did a suborbital launch on board a MercuryRedstone rocket in 1961.
Then the rest of the Mercury astronauts went on Atlas rockets, and then the Gemini astronauts flew on various Titan rockets. NASA's ability to hurl people and their equipment into space took a quantum leap with the enormous Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program.
It's difficult to properly comprehend just how powerful the Saturn V was, so I'll give you some examples of things this monster could launch. A single Saturn V could blast 122,000 kilograms or 269,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or send 49,000 kilograms or 107,000 pounds on a transfer orbit to the Moon.Instead of continuing on with the Saturn program, NASA decided to shift gears and build the mostly reusable space shuttle. Although it was shorter than the Saturn V, the space shuttle with its twin external solid rocket boosters could put 27,500 kilograms or 60,000 pounds into Low Earth orbit. Not too bad.
And then, in 2011, the space shuttle program wrapped up. And with it, the United States’ ability to launch humans into the space. And most importantly, to send astronauts to the continuously inhabited International Space Station. That task has fallen to Russian rockets until the US builds back the capability for human spaceflight.

published:25 Jul 2017

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Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

published:18 Sep 2017

views:390

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Please rate and comment, thanks!

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

published:13 May 2013

views:7690

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
(Nov 1, 2017)

Issues with reaching space

Definition of space

Space has no physical edge to it as the atmospheric pressure gradually reduces with altitude; instead, the edge of space is defined by convention, often the Kármán line of 100km. Other definitions have been created as well, in the US for example space has been defined as 50 miles.

Energy

Therefore, by definition for spaceflight to occur, sufficient altitude is necessary. This implies a minimum gravitational potential energy needs to be overcome: for the Kármán line this is approximately 1 MJ/kg.
W=mgh, m=1kg, g=9.82m/s2, h=105m.
W=1*9.82*105≈106J/kg=1MJ/kg

Space

Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three lineardimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework.

Gaming

Launch game or launch title, a video game released at the same time as the initial release of the video game console that it runs on, meaning such game titles are the only compatible games available at the time of the console's launch

Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan Shepard, did a suborbital launch on board a MercuryRedstone rocket in 1961.
Then the rest of the Mercury astronauts went on Atlas rockets, and then the Gemini astronauts flew on various Titan rockets. NASA's ability to hurl people and their equipment into space took a quantum leap with the enormous Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program.
It's difficult to properly comprehend just how powerful the Saturn V was, so I'll give you some examples of things this monster could launch. A single Saturn V could blast 122,000 kilograms or 269,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or send 49,000 kilograms or 107,000 pounds on a transfer orbit to the Moon.Instead of continuing on with the Saturn program, NASA decided to shift gears and build the mostly reusable space shuttle. Although it was shorter than the Saturn V, the space shuttle with its twin external solid rocket boosters could put 27,500 kilograms or 60,000 pounds into Low Earth orbit. Not too bad.
And then, in 2011, the space shuttle program wrapped up. And with it, the United States’ ability to launch humans into the space. And most importantly, to send astronauts to the continuously inhabited International Space Station. That task has fallen to Russian rockets until the US builds back the capability for human spaceflight.

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Space Launch System Scale and Power (Animation) (version 1)

Space Launch System Scale and Power (Animation) (version 1)

Space Launch System Scale and Power (Animation) (version 1)

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

Space Launch System

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

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Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Please rate and comment, thanks!

Space Launch System Animation

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

1:27

SLS EM-1 Launch Animation

SLS EM-1 Launch Animation

SLS EM-1 Launch Animation

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
(Nov 1, 2017)

America's Rocket - Space Launch System Animation (2014)

Animation of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars (NASA/MSFC)

3:38

Boeing: 38 Stories of Power

Boeing: 38 Stories of Power

Boeing: 38 Stories of Power

World’s biggest rocket. How would you feel about going to Mars? Or maybe an asteroid? Take a ride on the new SLS built by Boeing and ignite your human spirit. Learn more about how Boeing innovates at http://www.boeing.com/innovation/

2:13

Space Launch System Carries CubeSat Explorers During First Mission

Space Launch System Carries CubeSat Explorers During First Mission

Space Launch System Carries CubeSat Explorers During First Mission

The SpaceLaunchSystem (SLS) and Orion spacecraft will not only take people on the most distant journeys to date but also open new frontiers for science and technology missions to deep space destinations. This animation shows how the SLS will transport CubeSats as secondary payloads on the Orion stage adapter during its first mission. For more information on SLS secondary payloads: http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology.html (Video: NASA/MSFC)

Orion & SLS playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57B48E4271D610C8
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Revised 3-D animation depicting the EM-1 spaceflight (an earlier version was released in 2013).
Public domain film from NASA. I have added music created by myself using the ReaperDigital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_Mission_1
Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1 (previously known as Space Launch System 1 or SLS-1) is the first planned flight of the Space Launch System and the second uncrewed test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. As ofDecember 2014, the launch is projected to occur September 30, 2018 from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. As of November 2015 the Orion spacecraft is proposed to spend approximately 3 weeks in space, with 6 days of this in a retrograde orbit around the moon. It is planned to be followed by Exploration Mission 2.
Overview
The Block 1 version of SLS used on this mission will consist of two five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, four RS-25D engines built for the Space Shuttle program and an InterimCryogenic Propulsion Stage. EM-1 is intended to demonstrate the integrated spacecraft systems prior to a crewed flight, and in addition, test a high speed reentry (11 km/s) on Orion's thermal protection system.
On January 16, 2013, NASA announced that the European Space Agency would build Orion's service module based on its Automated Transfer Vehicle, so the flight could also be regarded as a test of ESA hardware as well as American, and of how the ESA components interact with the American Orion components.
The EFT-1 flight article was consciously constructed in a way that if all the missing components (seats, life support systems) were added, it would not meet the mass target. It was planned that subsequent capsules would be modified to be lighter, based on manufacturing experience.
In January 2015 NASA and Lockheed announced that some components in the EM-1 capsule would be up to 25 percent lighter compared to the previous one. This would be achieved by changes to the primary structure - the EM-1 article it would be welded together from three panels for the cone, as opposed to 6 panels used for the EFT-1 article. The total number of welds was reduced from 19 to 7, thus saving the additional mass of the weld material. Other savings would be due to revisiting its various components and wiring. For EM-1 the capsule will be outfitted with complete life support system and crew seats, just no crew...
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/orion_monthly_newsletter_9-2015.pdf
PRESSURE VESSEL
WELDING PROGRESSES
AT MICHOUD FACILITY
Lockheed Martin engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly
Facility in New Orleans, began welding the Orion
spacecraft pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-1 on
Sept. 5.
The pressure vessel is the primary structure of Orion’s
crew module...
This is the third Orion pressure vessel built, following the
ground test vessel and the vessel for Exploration Flight
Test-1 (EFT-1). Through collaborations across design and
manufacturing, the team reduced the number of welds
from 33 on the first pressure vessel to seven on the
current one, saving about 700 pounds of mass...
http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Exploration is the name of the NASA directorate that has overall responsibility for developing new launch vehicles and spacecraft.
The Lockheed Martin-built manned spacecraft component of the system, named the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV, formerly called the Crew Exploraton Vehicle, CEV), was originally intended to be operational by 2014 (with "boilerplate" tests by 2009 and unmanned flight tests of the actual vehicle by 2012), and to be capable of carrying astronauts to the moon by 2020.
The first unmannned Orion test flight, Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), is now targeted for early 2014. Because the SLS Shuttle-replacement launch vehicle will not be ready until almost four years later, this test will ride on a Delta IV-Heavy launch vehicle.
Tests of the Orion Boilerplate TestArticle (BTA) began in 2011. Testing of the more advanced Orion Ground Test Article (GTA) are expected to begin at Langley Research Center in late 2012 or early 2013. Construction of the first Orion for unmanned orbital tests began in September, 2011. The SLS launch vehicle for Orion is not expected to fly until 2017 at the earliest...

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NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars (QM-2)

NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars (QM-2)

NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars (QM-2)

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), was fired up Tuesday, June 28 at 11:05 a.m. EDT for a second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS is ready in 2018 for the first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft, marking a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars.
The booster was tested at a cold motor conditioning target of 40 degrees Fahrenheit –the colder end of its accepted propellant temperature range. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees. The two-minute, full-duration ground qualification test provided NASA with critical data on 82 qualification objectives that will support certification of the booster for flight. Engineers now will evaluate test data captured by more than 530 instrumentation channels on the booster.

Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The fir...

published: 25 Jul 2017

Space Launch System Scale and Power (Animation) (version 1)

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

Space Launch System

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

published: 18 Sep 2017

Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Please rate and comment, thanks!

Space Launch System Animation

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

published: 13 May 2013

SLS EM-1 Launch Animation

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
(Nov 1, 2017)

America's Rocket - Space Launch System Animation (2014)

Animation of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars (NASA/MSFC)

published: 12 Sep 2014

Boeing: 38 Stories of Power

World’s biggest rocket. How would you feel about going to Mars? Or maybe an asteroid? Take a ride on the new SLS built by Boeing and ignite your human spirit. Learn more about how Boeing innovates at http://www.boeing.com/innovation/

published: 02 Dec 2014

Space Launch System Carries CubeSat Explorers During First Mission

The SpaceLaunchSystem (SLS) and Orion spacecraft will not only take people on the most distant journeys to date but also open new frontiers for science and technology missions to deep space destinations. This animation shows how the SLS will transport CubeSats as secondary payloads on the Orion stage adapter during its first mission. For more information on SLS secondary payloads: http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology.html (Video: NASA/MSFC)

NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars (QM-2)

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), was fired up Tuesday, June 28 at 11:05 a.m. EDT for a second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS is ready in 2018 for the first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft, marking a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars.
The booster was tested at a cold motor conditioning target of 40 degrees Fahrenheit –the colder end of its accepted propellant temperature range. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees. The two-minute, full-duration ground qualification test provided NASA with critical data on 82 qualification objectives that will support certificat...

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan Shepard, did a suborbital launch on board a MercuryRedstone rocket in 1961.
Then the rest of the Mercury astronauts went on Atlas rockets, and then the Gemini astronauts flew on various Titan rockets. NASA's ability to hurl people and their equipment into space took a quantum leap with the enormous Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program.
It's difficult to properly comprehend just how powerful the Saturn V was, so I'll give you some examples of things this monster could launch. A single Saturn V could blast 122,000 kilograms or 269,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or send 49,000 kilograms or 107,000 pounds on a transfer orbit to the Moon.Instead of continuing on with the Saturn program, NASA decided to shift gears and build the mostly reusable space shuttle. Although it was shorter than the Saturn V, the space shuttle with its twin external solid rocket boosters could put 27,500 kilograms or 60,000 pounds into Low Earth orbit. Not too bad.
And then, in 2011, the space shuttle program wrapped up. And with it, the United States’ ability to launch humans into the space. And most importantly, to send astronauts to the continuously inhabited International Space Station. That task has fallen to Russian rockets until the US builds back the capability for human spaceflight.

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan Shepard, did a suborbital launch on board a MercuryRedstone rocket in 1961.
Then the rest of the Mercury astronauts went on Atlas rockets, and then the Gemini astronauts flew on various Titan rockets. NASA's ability to hurl people and their equipment into space took a quantum leap with the enormous Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program.
It's difficult to properly comprehend just how powerful the Saturn V was, so I'll give you some examples of things this monster could launch. A single Saturn V could blast 122,000 kilograms or 269,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or send 49,000 kilograms or 107,000 pounds on a transfer orbit to the Moon.Instead of continuing on with the Saturn program, NASA decided to shift gears and build the mostly reusable space shuttle. Although it was shorter than the Saturn V, the space shuttle with its twin external solid rocket boosters could put 27,500 kilograms or 60,000 pounds into Low Earth orbit. Not too bad.
And then, in 2011, the space shuttle program wrapped up. And with it, the United States’ ability to launch humans into the space. And most importantly, to send astronauts to the continuously inhabited International Space Station. That task has fallen to Russian rockets until the US builds back the capability for human spaceflight.

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

Space Launch System

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion...

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Please rate and comment, thanks!

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Please rate and comment, thanks!

Space Launch System Animation

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new nationa...

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
(Nov 1, 2017)

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
(Nov 1, 2017)

Animation of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars (NASA/MSFC)

Animation of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars (NASA/MSFC)

Boeing: 38 Stories of Power

World’s biggest rocket. How would you feel about going to Mars? Or maybe an asteroid? Take a ride on the new SLS built by Boeing and ignite your human spirit. ...

World’s biggest rocket. How would you feel about going to Mars? Or maybe an asteroid? Take a ride on the new SLS built by Boeing and ignite your human spirit. Learn more about how Boeing innovates at http://www.boeing.com/innovation/

World’s biggest rocket. How would you feel about going to Mars? Or maybe an asteroid? Take a ride on the new SLS built by Boeing and ignite your human spirit. Learn more about how Boeing innovates at http://www.boeing.com/innovation/

The SpaceLaunchSystem (SLS) and Orion spacecraft will not only take people on the most distant journeys to date but also open new frontiers for science and technology missions to deep space destinations. This animation shows how the SLS will transport CubeSats as secondary payloads on the Orion stage adapter during its first mission. For more information on SLS secondary payloads: http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology.html (Video: NASA/MSFC)

The SpaceLaunchSystem (SLS) and Orion spacecraft will not only take people on the most distant journeys to date but also open new frontiers for science and technology missions to deep space destinations. This animation shows how the SLS will transport CubeSats as secondary payloads on the Orion stage adapter during its first mission. For more information on SLS secondary payloads: http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology.html (Video: NASA/MSFC)

Orion & SLS playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57B48E4271D610C8
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Revised 3-D animation depicting the EM-1 spaceflight (an earlier version was released in 2013).
Public domain film from NASA. I have added music created by myself using the ReaperDigital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_Mission_1
Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1 (previously known as Space Launch System 1 or SLS-1) is the first planned flight of the Space Launch System and the second uncrewed test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. As ofDecember 2014, the launch is projected to occur September 30, 2018 from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. As of November 2015 the Orion spacecraft is proposed to spend approximately 3 weeks in space, with 6 days of this in a retrograde orbit around the moon. It is planned to be followed by Exploration Mission 2.
Overview
The Block 1 version of SLS used on this mission will consist of two five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, four RS-25D engines built for the Space Shuttle program and an InterimCryogenic Propulsion Stage. EM-1 is intended to demonstrate the integrated spacecraft systems prior to a crewed flight, and in addition, test a high speed reentry (11 km/s) on Orion's thermal protection system.
On January 16, 2013, NASA announced that the European Space Agency would build Orion's service module based on its Automated Transfer Vehicle, so the flight could also be regarded as a test of ESA hardware as well as American, and of how the ESA components interact with the American Orion components.
The EFT-1 flight article was consciously constructed in a way that if all the missing components (seats, life support systems) were added, it would not meet the mass target. It was planned that subsequent capsules would be modified to be lighter, based on manufacturing experience.
In January 2015 NASA and Lockheed announced that some components in the EM-1 capsule would be up to 25 percent lighter compared to the previous one. This would be achieved by changes to the primary structure - the EM-1 article it would be welded together from three panels for the cone, as opposed to 6 panels used for the EFT-1 article. The total number of welds was reduced from 19 to 7, thus saving the additional mass of the weld material. Other savings would be due to revisiting its various components and wiring. For EM-1 the capsule will be outfitted with complete life support system and crew seats, just no crew...
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/orion_monthly_newsletter_9-2015.pdf
PRESSURE VESSEL
WELDING PROGRESSES
AT MICHOUD FACILITY
Lockheed Martin engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly
Facility in New Orleans, began welding the Orion
spacecraft pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-1 on
Sept. 5.
The pressure vessel is the primary structure of Orion’s
crew module...
This is the third Orion pressure vessel built, following the
ground test vessel and the vessel for Exploration Flight
Test-1 (EFT-1). Through collaborations across design and
manufacturing, the team reduced the number of welds
from 33 on the first pressure vessel to seven on the
current one, saving about 700 pounds of mass...
http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Exploration is the name of the NASA directorate that has overall responsibility for developing new launch vehicles and spacecraft.
The Lockheed Martin-built manned spacecraft component of the system, named the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV, formerly called the Crew Exploraton Vehicle, CEV), was originally intended to be operational by 2014 (with "boilerplate" tests by 2009 and unmanned flight tests of the actual vehicle by 2012), and to be capable of carrying astronauts to the moon by 2020.
The first unmannned Orion test flight, Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), is now targeted for early 2014. Because the SLS Shuttle-replacement launch vehicle will not be ready until almost four years later, this test will ride on a Delta IV-Heavy launch vehicle.
Tests of the Orion Boilerplate TestArticle (BTA) began in 2011. Testing of the more advanced Orion Ground Test Article (GTA) are expected to begin at Langley Research Center in late 2012 or early 2013. Construction of the first Orion for unmanned orbital tests began in September, 2011. The SLS launch vehicle for Orion is not expected to fly until 2017 at the earliest...

Orion & SLS playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57B48E4271D610C8
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Revised 3-D animation depicting the EM-1 spaceflight (an earlier version was released in 2013).
Public domain film from NASA. I have added music created by myself using the ReaperDigital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_Mission_1
Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1 (previously known as Space Launch System 1 or SLS-1) is the first planned flight of the Space Launch System and the second uncrewed test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. As ofDecember 2014, the launch is projected to occur September 30, 2018 from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. As of November 2015 the Orion spacecraft is proposed to spend approximately 3 weeks in space, with 6 days of this in a retrograde orbit around the moon. It is planned to be followed by Exploration Mission 2.
Overview
The Block 1 version of SLS used on this mission will consist of two five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, four RS-25D engines built for the Space Shuttle program and an InterimCryogenic Propulsion Stage. EM-1 is intended to demonstrate the integrated spacecraft systems prior to a crewed flight, and in addition, test a high speed reentry (11 km/s) on Orion's thermal protection system.
On January 16, 2013, NASA announced that the European Space Agency would build Orion's service module based on its Automated Transfer Vehicle, so the flight could also be regarded as a test of ESA hardware as well as American, and of how the ESA components interact with the American Orion components.
The EFT-1 flight article was consciously constructed in a way that if all the missing components (seats, life support systems) were added, it would not meet the mass target. It was planned that subsequent capsules would be modified to be lighter, based on manufacturing experience.
In January 2015 NASA and Lockheed announced that some components in the EM-1 capsule would be up to 25 percent lighter compared to the previous one. This would be achieved by changes to the primary structure - the EM-1 article it would be welded together from three panels for the cone, as opposed to 6 panels used for the EFT-1 article. The total number of welds was reduced from 19 to 7, thus saving the additional mass of the weld material. Other savings would be due to revisiting its various components and wiring. For EM-1 the capsule will be outfitted with complete life support system and crew seats, just no crew...
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/orion_monthly_newsletter_9-2015.pdf
PRESSURE VESSEL
WELDING PROGRESSES
AT MICHOUD FACILITY
Lockheed Martin engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly
Facility in New Orleans, began welding the Orion
spacecraft pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-1 on
Sept. 5.
The pressure vessel is the primary structure of Orion’s
crew module...
This is the third Orion pressure vessel built, following the
ground test vessel and the vessel for Exploration Flight
Test-1 (EFT-1). Through collaborations across design and
manufacturing, the team reduced the number of welds
from 33 on the first pressure vessel to seven on the
current one, saving about 700 pounds of mass...
http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/orion_cev_news_and_links.html
Exploration is the name of the NASA directorate that has overall responsibility for developing new launch vehicles and spacecraft.
The Lockheed Martin-built manned spacecraft component of the system, named the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV, formerly called the Crew Exploraton Vehicle, CEV), was originally intended to be operational by 2014 (with "boilerplate" tests by 2009 and unmanned flight tests of the actual vehicle by 2012), and to be capable of carrying astronauts to the moon by 2020.
The first unmannned Orion test flight, Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), is now targeted for early 2014. Because the SLS Shuttle-replacement launch vehicle will not be ready until almost four years later, this test will ride on a Delta IV-Heavy launch vehicle.
Tests of the Orion Boilerplate TestArticle (BTA) began in 2011. Testing of the more advanced Orion Ground Test Article (GTA) are expected to begin at Langley Research Center in late 2012 or early 2013. Construction of the first Orion for unmanned orbital tests began in September, 2011. The SLS launch vehicle for Orion is not expected to fly until 2017 at the earliest...

published:13 May 2016

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NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Milestone on Journey to Mars (QM-2)

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), was fired up Tuesday, June 28 at 11:05 a.m. EDT for a second qualificatio...

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), was fired up Tuesday, June 28 at 11:05 a.m. EDT for a second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS is ready in 2018 for the first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft, marking a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars.
The booster was tested at a cold motor conditioning target of 40 degrees Fahrenheit –the colder end of its accepted propellant temperature range. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees. The two-minute, full-duration ground qualification test provided NASA with critical data on 82 qualification objectives that will support certification of the booster for flight. Engineers now will evaluate test data captured by more than 530 instrumentation channels on the booster.

A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), was fired up Tuesday, June 28 at 11:05 a.m. EDT for a second qualification ground test at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Promontory, Utah. This was the last full-scale test for the booster before SLS is ready in 2018 for the first uncrewed test flight with NASA’s Orion spacecraft, marking a key milestone on the agency’s Journey to Mars.
The booster was tested at a cold motor conditioning target of 40 degrees Fahrenheit –the colder end of its accepted propellant temperature range. When ignited, temperatures inside the booster reached nearly 6,000 degrees. The two-minute, full-duration ground qualification test provided NASA with critical data on 82 qualification objectives that will support certification of the booster for flight. Engineers now will evaluate test data captured by more than 530 instrumentation channels on the booster.

Will private space kill the Space Launch System 7.06

If you get value from Spacevidcast, help by putting value back in the show! http://www.patreon.com/spacevidcast will keep the show going. As little as $1.00 goes a long way!
We chat with Rick Boozer, author of "The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé" about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-spacex-kill-nasa-sls.html
in space news: SpaceX show a little leg on their next mission, It's future day, H-IIB lofts a weather satellite, Orbital is creating a new Minotaur-C rocket for the commercial market and Yuris night!
Special link, an IndieGoGo project to help save some old Astronomy plates and preserve unknown discov...

published: 02 Mar 2014

NASA Space Launch System Teleconference, May 12, 2017

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also announced that the first flight will be delayed into 2019.
Participants were:
Robert Lightfoot
Acting AdministratorWilliam Gerstenmaier
Associate Administrator, HumanExploration and Operations
The press release accompanying the event is at:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-affirms-plan-for-first-mission-of-sls-orion
Visit our web site at www.spaceksc.com. We're on Twitter at @SpaceKSCBlog.

published: 13 May 2017

NASA's Deep Space Gateway & SLS Rocket - Kerbal Space Program

Enjoy! See below Twitter and more stuff
Twitter............................►https://twitter.com/Matt_Lowne
Patreon...........................►https://goo.gl/lLDt79
Discord............................►https://discord.gg/KRUEcPc
Second channel..............►https://goo.gl/cww3Ik
Intro cinematic was based on the official NASA SLS animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzwf0nS-eE
Craft file:
https://mega.nz/#!MMFRXC7C!pn_TrOVkC1byP4pej-sanh-DJWc-P_71NcZaqFPC9ac
The music used in the opening cinematic is called "The Outer Rim" by Evan King. You can buy it here:
https://evanking.bandcamp.com/album/enchiridion

published: 22 Oct 2017

NASA Space Shuttle's Final Voyage of Atlantis (1080p)

This is the last mission of the Atlantis launching into earth orbit on July 21, 2011 and landing for the last time after 5,284,862 miles of service.

published: 14 Sep 2014

Secondary Payloads Announced for First Flight of Space Launch System Rocket

During an event from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Feb. 2, officials announced the selection of 13 low-cost small satellites to launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) in 2018 -- the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon, to demonstrate the integrated system performance of Orion and the SLS before the first crewed flight of Orion. These small satellite secondary payloads will carry science and technology investigations to help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the Journey to Mars.

Space Launch System Status And Schedule Media Teleconference

Space Launch System and our Journey to Mars

In 1978 Ralph Carruth accepted a position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Advanced ConceptsGroup conducting research in electric propulsion, particularly ion thrusters. He led advances in measurement of thruster charge-exchange plasmas and their interaction with materials, systems and particularly high voltage spacecraft systems. After almost 2.5 years he moved to NASAMarshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and worked electric propulsion and the effects of the space environment and spacecraft induced environments on spacecraft materials and systems. Accepting positions of increasing responsibility, he became a member of the Senior Executive Service in 2002. He was Manager of the Materials and Processes Laboratory from 2004 until being named Manager of Test Laboratory at MSFC in 2011....

published: 23 Sep 2016

NASA’s Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also .
NASA engineers successy conducted the second in a series of RS-25 flight controller tests on May 23, 2017, for the worlds most-powerful rocket.
NASAs mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, we have worked around the world -- and .
REVEALED: NASA set to launch new megarocket test flight WITHOUT astronauts on board NASAs new megarocket will launch without any astronauts on its first .

published: 29 Aug 2017

Big Test to Qualify Most Powerful Rocket Booster for Flight

NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System(SLS) on June 28 at Orbital ATK Aerospace System’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft will launch astronauts on missions to explore multiple destinations on the journey to Mars.
This was the second two-minute, full duration qualification test for the booster, and will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. This second test measured the booster’s performance at the colder end of the accepted propellant temperature range, a targeted 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

Space Launch System RS-25 Engine Test Fire NASA TV Coverage

Way Forward -- Space Launch System (Garry Lyles)

This session will provide an overview of a number of new initiatives that will ultimately change the way NASA will conduct future exploration missions. Topics to be discussed will include new approaches to space transportation systems that will change the way we provide access to space, an overview of the recently completed study results of space-exploration-system architecture, and a review of a current space-transportation-system study that is defining a next-generation transportation system that will enable exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The session will also provide an overview of the Administration's plan to help mature the commercial launch industry for Earth-to-orbit missions following the end of the Space Shuttle era, and to exploit this emerging capability for International S...

published: 18 May 2011

LIVE: NASA to test Space Launch System Engine built for Mars exploration flight

NASA is due to test its RS-25 engine at the A-1 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on Thursday, August 13.
The RS-25 engine is one of four engines that was developed to power the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) and to carry the agency’s Orion crew capsule as part of the journey to Mars and other deep space destinations.
The engine test will last for 535 seconds, the amount of time the engines will fire during its actual launch. The test will also support the development of a new controller, which monitors engine status and communicates between the vehicle and the engine.
Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv
Contact: cd@ruptly.tv
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly
LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Rupt...

Will private space kill the Space Launch System 7.06

If you get value from Spacevidcast, help by putting value back in the show! http://www.patreon.com/spacevidcast will keep the show going. As little as $1.00 goe...

If you get value from Spacevidcast, help by putting value back in the show! http://www.patreon.com/spacevidcast will keep the show going. As little as $1.00 goes a long way!
We chat with Rick Boozer, author of "The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé" about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-spacex-kill-nasa-sls.html
in space news: SpaceX show a little leg on their next mission, It's future day, H-IIB lofts a weather satellite, Orbital is creating a new Minotaur-C rocket for the commercial market and Yuris night!
Special link, an IndieGoGo project to help save some old Astronomy plates and preserve unknown discoveries - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astronomy-legacy-project
Spacevidcast is a weekly show all about space and the comsos. Covering major events from NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, SpaceX and more, Spacevidcast is your weekly news and views show for every space geek! Featuring monthly live shows and weekly cosmic updates, get your Space Geek on right here! Don't forget to subscribe.

If you get value from Spacevidcast, help by putting value back in the show! http://www.patreon.com/spacevidcast will keep the show going. As little as $1.00 goes a long way!
We chat with Rick Boozer, author of "The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé" about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-spacex-kill-nasa-sls.html
in space news: SpaceX show a little leg on their next mission, It's future day, H-IIB lofts a weather satellite, Orbital is creating a new Minotaur-C rocket for the commercial market and Yuris night!
Special link, an IndieGoGo project to help save some old Astronomy plates and preserve unknown discoveries - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astronomy-legacy-project
Spacevidcast is a weekly show all about space and the comsos. Covering major events from NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, SpaceX and more, Spacevidcast is your weekly news and views show for every space geek! Featuring monthly live shows and weekly cosmic updates, get your Space Geek on right here! Don't forget to subscribe.

NASA Space Launch System Teleconference, May 12, 2017

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also announce...

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also announced that the first flight will be delayed into 2019.
Participants were:
Robert Lightfoot
Acting AdministratorWilliam Gerstenmaier
Associate Administrator, HumanExploration and Operations
The press release accompanying the event is at:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-affirms-plan-for-first-mission-of-sls-orion
Visit our web site at www.spaceksc.com. We're on Twitter at @SpaceKSCBlog.

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also announced that the first flight will be delayed into 2019.
Participants were:
Robert Lightfoot
Acting AdministratorWilliam Gerstenmaier
Associate Administrator, HumanExploration and Operations
The press release accompanying the event is at:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-affirms-plan-for-first-mission-of-sls-orion
Visit our web site at www.spaceksc.com. We're on Twitter at @SpaceKSCBlog.

NASA's Deep Space Gateway & SLS Rocket - Kerbal Space Program

Enjoy! See below Twitter and more stuff
Twitter............................►https://twitter.com/Matt_Lowne
Patreon...........................►https://goo.gl/lL...

Enjoy! See below Twitter and more stuff
Twitter............................►https://twitter.com/Matt_Lowne
Patreon...........................►https://goo.gl/lLDt79
Discord............................►https://discord.gg/KRUEcPc
Second channel..............►https://goo.gl/cww3Ik
Intro cinematic was based on the official NASA SLS animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzwf0nS-eE
Craft file:
https://mega.nz/#!MMFRXC7C!pn_TrOVkC1byP4pej-sanh-DJWc-P_71NcZaqFPC9ac
The music used in the opening cinematic is called "The Outer Rim" by Evan King. You can buy it here:
https://evanking.bandcamp.com/album/enchiridion

Enjoy! See below Twitter and more stuff
Twitter............................►https://twitter.com/Matt_Lowne
Patreon...........................►https://goo.gl/lLDt79
Discord............................►https://discord.gg/KRUEcPc
Second channel..............►https://goo.gl/cww3Ik
Intro cinematic was based on the official NASA SLS animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzwf0nS-eE
Craft file:
https://mega.nz/#!MMFRXC7C!pn_TrOVkC1byP4pej-sanh-DJWc-P_71NcZaqFPC9ac
The music used in the opening cinematic is called "The Outer Rim" by Evan King. You can buy it here:
https://evanking.bandcamp.com/album/enchiridion

During an event from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Feb. 2, officials announced the selection of 13 low-cost small satellites to launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) in 2018 -- the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon, to demonstrate the integrated system performance of Orion and the SLS before the first crewed flight of Orion. These small satellite secondary payloads will carry science and technology investigations to help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the Journey to Mars.

During an event from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Feb. 2, officials announced the selection of 13 low-cost small satellites to launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) in 2018 -- the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon, to demonstrate the integrated system performance of Orion and the SLS before the first crewed flight of Orion. These small satellite secondary payloads will carry science and technology investigations to help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the Journey to Mars.

NASA’s Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also .
NASA...

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also .
NASA engineers successy conducted the second in a series of RS-25 flight controller tests on May 23, 2017, for the worlds most-powerful rocket.
NASAs mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, we have worked around the world -- and .
REVEALED: NASA set to launch new megarocket test flight WITHOUT astronauts on board NASAs new megarocket will launch without any astronauts on its first .

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also .
NASA engineers successy conducted the second in a series of RS-25 flight controller tests on May 23, 2017, for the worlds most-powerful rocket.
NASAs mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, we have worked around the world -- and .
REVEALED: NASA set to launch new megarocket test flight WITHOUT astronauts on board NASAs new megarocket will launch without any astronauts on its first .

NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System(SLS) on June 28 at Orbital ATK Aerospace System’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft will launch astronauts on missions to explore multiple destinations on the journey to Mars.
This was the second two-minute, full duration qualification test for the booster, and will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. This second test measured the booster’s performance at the colder end of the accepted propellant temperature range, a targeted 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System(SLS) on June 28 at Orbital ATK Aerospace System’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft will launch astronauts on missions to explore multiple destinations on the journey to Mars.
This was the second two-minute, full duration qualification test for the booster, and will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. This second test measured the booster’s performance at the colder end of the accepted propellant temperature range, a targeted 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

Way Forward -- Space Launch System (Garry Lyles)

This session will provide an overview of a number of new initiatives that will ultimately change the way NASA will conduct future exploration missions. Topics t...

This session will provide an overview of a number of new initiatives that will ultimately change the way NASA will conduct future exploration missions. Topics to be discussed will include new approaches to space transportation systems that will change the way we provide access to space, an overview of the recently completed study results of space-exploration-system architecture, and a review of a current space-transportation-system study that is defining a next-generation transportation system that will enable exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The session will also provide an overview of the Administration's plan to help mature the commercial launch industry for Earth-to-orbit missions following the end of the Space Shuttle era, and to exploit this emerging capability for International Space Station resupply and crew rotations in the coming decade.
Garry Lyles brings thirty-five years' experience in design analysis, system engineering, and program management to his position as associate director for technical management in the Engineering Directorate of the Marshall Space Flight Center. His previous experience includes chief engineer at the project (Space Shuttle main engine) and program (ExplorationSystemsMission Directorate) levels.
View the presentations on the NASA APPEL website: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/knowledge/forums/mf_20.html .

This session will provide an overview of a number of new initiatives that will ultimately change the way NASA will conduct future exploration missions. Topics to be discussed will include new approaches to space transportation systems that will change the way we provide access to space, an overview of the recently completed study results of space-exploration-system architecture, and a review of a current space-transportation-system study that is defining a next-generation transportation system that will enable exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The session will also provide an overview of the Administration's plan to help mature the commercial launch industry for Earth-to-orbit missions following the end of the Space Shuttle era, and to exploit this emerging capability for International Space Station resupply and crew rotations in the coming decade.
Garry Lyles brings thirty-five years' experience in design analysis, system engineering, and program management to his position as associate director for technical management in the Engineering Directorate of the Marshall Space Flight Center. His previous experience includes chief engineer at the project (Space Shuttle main engine) and program (ExplorationSystemsMission Directorate) levels.
View the presentations on the NASA APPEL website: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/knowledge/forums/mf_20.html .

published:18 May 2011

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LIVE: NASA to test Space Launch System Engine built for Mars exploration flight

NASA is due to test its RS-25 engine at the A-1 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on Thursday, August 13.
The RS-25 engine is one of four engines that was developed to power the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) and to carry the agency’s Orion crew capsule as part of the journey to Mars and other deep space destinations.
The engine test will last for 535 seconds, the amount of time the engines will fire during its actual launch. The test will also support the development of a new controller, which monitors engine status and communicates between the vehicle and the engine.
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NASA is due to test its RS-25 engine at the A-1 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on Thursday, August 13.
The RS-25 engine is one of four engines that was developed to power the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) and to carry the agency’s Orion crew capsule as part of the journey to Mars and other deep space destinations.
The engine test will last for 535 seconds, the amount of time the engines will fire during its actual launch. The test will also support the development of a new controller, which monitors engine status and communicates between the vehicle and the engine.
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Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan Shepard, did a suborbital launch on board a MercuryRedstone rocket in 1961.
Then the rest of the Mercury astronauts went on Atlas rockets, and then the Gemini astronauts flew on various Titan rockets. NASA's ability to hurl people and their equipment into space took a quantum leap with the enormous Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo program.
It's difficult to properly comprehend just how powerful the Saturn V was, so I'll give you some examples of things this monster could launch. A single Saturn V could blast 122,000 kilograms or 269,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or send 49,000 kilograms or 107,000 pounds on a transfer orbit to the Moon.Instead of continuing on with the Saturn program, NASA decided to shift gears and build the mostly reusable space shuttle. Although it was shorter than the Saturn V, the space shuttle with its twin external solid rocket boosters could put 27,500 kilograms or 60,000 pounds into Low Earth orbit. Not too bad.
And then, in 2011, the space shuttle program wrapped up. And with it, the United States’ ability to launch humans into the space. And most importantly, to send astronauts to the continuously inhabited International Space Station. That task has fallen to Russian rockets until the US builds back the capability for human spaceflight.

Space Launch System Scale and Power (Animation) (version 1)

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.

Space Launch System

In the next eight minutes, you’ll experience a twenty-five-and-a-half-day mission from roll-out to recovery of the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed mission will be the first in a planned series of exploration missions beyond the moon, signaling what astronauts who dare to operate in deep space will experience on future flights.

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Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

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Why is the Space Launch System Rocket So Big? | Video

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - the Space Launch System (SLS) will meet the challenges of exploring deep space.
Stephen Granade explains why the SLS will be the most capable rocket ever built for a voyage to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
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Space Launch System Animation

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

SLS EM-1 Launch Animation

Animation depicting NASA’s Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore multiple, deep-space destinations, including Mars. Traveling to deep space requires a large vehicle that can carry huge payloads, and future evolutions of SLS with the exploration upper stage and advanced boosters will increase the rocket’s lift capability and flexibility for multiple types of mission needs. For more information on SLS, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html.
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Will private space kill the Space Launch System 7.06

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We chat with Rick Boozer, author of "The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé" about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-spacex-kill-nasa-sls.html
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NASA Space Launch System Teleconference, May 12, 2017

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronau...

NASA Space Launch System Teleconference, May 12, 2017

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also announced that the first flight will be delayed into 2019.
Participants were:
Robert Lightfoot
Acting AdministratorWilliam Gerstenmaier
Associate Administrator, HumanExploration and Operations
The press release accompanying the event is at:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-affirms-plan-for-first-mission-of-sls-orion
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NASA's Deep Space Gateway & SLS Rocket - Kerbal Space Program

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NASA's Deep Space Gateway & SLS Rocket - Kerbal Space Program

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Intro cinematic was based on the official NASA SLS animation:
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NASA Space Shuttle's Final Voyage of Atlantis (1080p)

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Secondary Payloads Announced for First Flight of Space Launch System Rocket

During an event from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Feb. 2, officials announced the selection of 13 low-cost small satellites to launch as secondary payloads on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) in 2018 -- the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the moon, to demonstrate the integrated system performance of Orion and the SLS before the first crewed flight of Orion. These small satellite secondary payloads will carry science and technology investigations to help pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the Journey to Mars.

NASA’s Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up

On May 12, 2017, NASA held a teleconference to discuss the feasibility of placing astronauts on the first flight of the Space Launch System. NASA also .
NASA engineers successy conducted the second in a series of RS-25 flight controller tests on May 23, 2017, for the worlds most-powerful rocket.
NASAs mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, we have worked around the world -- and .
REVEALED: NASA set to launch new megarocket test flight WITHOUT astronauts on board NASAs new megarocket will launch without any astronauts on its first .

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Big Test to Qualify Most Powerful Rocket Booster for Flight

NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new ...

Big Test to Qualify Most Powerful Rocket Booster for Flight

NASA tested the largest, most powerful booster ever built for flight for the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System(SLS) on June 28 at Orbital ATK Aerospace System’s test facility in Promontory, Utah. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft will launch astronauts on missions to explore multiple destinations on the journey to Mars.
This was the second two-minute, full duration qualification test for the booster, and will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight. This second test measured the booster’s performance at the colder end of the accepted propellant temperature range, a targeted 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It was also the last time the booster will be fired in a test environment before the first flight of SLS and Orion in 2018.

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